Many of you have asked what can be done to lessen or eliminate FDA exams. If your product is not on a FDA Import Alert maybe VQIP is the answer for you From: Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition…
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Update: FDA’s VQIP (Voluntary Qualified Importer Program
If you are interested to join FDA’s Voluntary Qualified Importer Program, FDA will be extending the application period for importers to submit their completed application for the Voluntary Qualified Importer Program (VQIP) for the Fiscal Year 2020 benefits period. The…
Reminder: FDA Food Facility Biennial Registration Renewal 2018
2018 Food Facility Biennial Registration Renewal October 1, 2018 12:01AM through December 31, 2018 12:59PM Section 415 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) [21 U.S.C. § 350d] requires food facilities that are required to register with…
Posted in fda, FDA Registration Tagged with: ace, customs, customs broker, fda, food, FSMA, FSVP, import
NMFS SIMP Audits Webinars
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) will host a series of four public webinar presentations on the U.S. Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP) to review the traceability data elements required for reporting, as well as recordkeeping requirements to support the…
Posted in Air Freight, Air Shipments, CBP, customs, fda, indian shrimp, NMFS, NOAA, seafood, Seafood Import Monitoring Program, shrimp, SIMP, tuna Tagged with: air freight, CBP, customs, fda, Fish & Wildlife, import, NMFS, NOAA, seafood, Tuna
Permit Renewal Reminder // Flower Inspections // USDA and FWL Inspections
Permit Renewal Reminder With the end of the year speedily approaching, it is very important to monitor and to make sure all import permits and licenses are renewed and up to date. This will help to avoid unnecessary delays in…
Posted in ACE, fda, Fish & Wildlife, NMFS, NOAA, PGA, seafood, Seafood Import Monitoring Program, usda Tagged with: ace, CBP, containers, customs, customs broker, fda, Fish & Wildlife, fish and wildlife, food, freight, FSMA, FSVP, GSP, Import Permit, international trade, NMFS, ocean freight
FDA Compliance Monitor
May 30, 2017 marked the first compliance date for the FDA FSMA rule on Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP). One part of program is that FSVP importers must monitor and document the compliance of each of their suppliers; verify that…
Posted in ACE, ACE Cargo Release, customs, customs food, dairy, fda, Food & Drug, FSVP, HACCP, importer responsibility, LACF, low acid canned food, PGA, port of long beach, port of los angeles, port of oakland, ports, prior notice, produce, rice, seafood Tagged with: Compliance, food, FSMA, importers, inspection, modernization act, regulations, requirements, safety, safety standards, suppliers
FDA Update
Low Acid Canned Food (LACF), Juice HACCP, Seafood HACCP under FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) sent a constituent update regarding on how rules that implement the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)…
Posted in fda, HACCP, LACF, low acid canned food Tagged with: ace, customs, fda, Fish & Wildlife, food, freight, FSMA, FSPB, FSVP, HACCP, import, international trade, lacf, ocean freight, seafood, westcoast ports
Revocation of the Antidumping Order on Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Brazil
The Department of Commerce has revoked the anti-dumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from Brazil which were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 4/29/2016. Any entries made on 4/29/2016 or after this date will…
Posted in ADD, anti-dumping, counterveiling, customs food, CVD, fda, Food & Drug, importer responsibility, international import export, port of long beach, port of los angeles, seafood, trade Tagged with: ace, air freight, anti-dumping, brazil, CBP, containers, counterveiling, customs, customs broker, Fish & Wildlife, food, freight, import, international trade, perishables, port of long beach, port of los angeles, seafood, shrimp, westcoast ports
Upcoming Seafood Import Monitoring Program Webinars: May and June 2017
National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) published its Final Rule on implementing Seafood Monitoring Program on December 9, 2016 for imports of certain seafood products. This risk-based traceability program will require the importer of record to provide and report key…
Posted in customs food, fda, Food & Drug, importer responsibility, international import export, port of long beach, port of los angeles, seafood, trade Tagged with: ace, customs, customs broker, fda, Fish & Wildlife, import, Import Permit, international trade, NMFS, perishables, PGA, port of long beach, port of los angeles, seafood, shellfish, shipments, westcoast ports
US Goods Returned – Claiming Duty Free Products Under HTS # 9801.00.10
On April 25, 2016 the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, Chapter 98 – U.S- goods returned – was amended with the intention to provide regulations for merchandise being entered into the U.S. under HTSUS 9801. Customs may be requesting proof of U.S.…
Posted in customs, customs food, fda, Food & Drug, importer responsibility, international import export, port of long beach, port of los angeles, seafood, trade Tagged with: 9801, chapter 98, harmonized tarriff schedule, HTS 9801, us goods returned
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